Barbie’s Autistic Doll Is a Design Masterclass in Inclusion
Sometimes the smallest design details can make the biggest statement. Mattel just dropped its first autistic Barbie, and honestly? It’s one of those moments that…
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This self-compressing chair is a therapeutic furniture designed for individuals with autism
The Oto Chair, or Hugging Chair, is a piece of therapeutic furniture designed for autistic individuals with sensory integration disorders. “As a designer,” Alexia Audrain…
James Dyson Award-winning chair was designed to hug people with autism to help relieve their stress
Created to help people on the autistic spectrum overcome stress, the Dyson Award-winning OTO chair uses a set of inflatable cushions to hug the person…
This Inclusive Lighting Design Helps Improve The Sensory Development of Autistic Children
From the combined creative minds of Shirin Amini and Farid Hatami comes a masterpiece, “Things”: a game therapy for kids, especially those diagnosed with Autism. At…
Multisensory Toys for Autism
Understanding and acceptance of autism is a growing movement, and with that includes design that aims to aid the development of social skills. This simple…
Children Need A Bear Hug!
Apparently pressure applied to the torso of autistic children helps keep regulate the sensory system to relieve anxiety, reduce unwanted behaviors, and help increase focus…
Projections for Autism
Choosing to be a teacher for kids and adults on the Autistic spectrum for your profession is a fabulously noble thing to do. It can…
Wearable Regulation for Children with Autism
As you might already know reading a post about Autism, one of the most obvious tendencies of children with Autism is to repeat certain actions….